# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:17:54.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-watson"
name: "Jeff Watson"
slug: "jeff-watson"
description: "Jeffrey Victor Watson is an American guitarist originally known as one of the founding members and lead guitarist of the hard rock band Night Ranger, in which he has played as co-guitarist with guitarist Brad Gillis. Watson developed his signature eight-fingered tapping technique during his time in the band."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff_Watson_1993.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1956-11-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.633485333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jwatsonranger"
    handle:    "jwatsonranger"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2060734/"
    handle:    "nm2060734"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jeffwatson.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/372620"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيف واتسون (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيف واتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Watson_(guitarist)"
    title: "Jeff Watson (guitarist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Watson"
    title: "Jeff Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%88%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3_(%E3%82%AE%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88)"
    title: "ジェフ・ワトソン (ギタリスト)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Watson"
    title: "Jeff Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84"
    title: "Уотсон, Джефф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9508e55c-eb4a-4869-ae64-001989d8de26"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6175234"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2740693"
    title: "Jeff Watson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump